Politicization and the Replacement of Top Civil Servants inDenmark
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6264692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen (Aarhus University), Robert Klemmensen (0000-0002-3935-5621, University of Southern Denmark), Niels Opstrup (0000-0003-3511-5812, University of Southern Denmark) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-241 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gove.12036 |
| OpenAlex | W1918287521 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 51 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article of top civil servants inDanish central and local government sheds new light on politicization. A survival analysis shows that since 1970, the risk that a top civil servant will be replaced has increased. There is no evidence of politicization in central government while city managers' risk of replacement increases both when a new mayor, representing another party and holding an absolute majority, and when the shift of mayor takes place within the same party. We interpret these results as evidence of the adaptability of the merit civil service and political executives' stronger insistence on their authority to make discretionary replacements
Adaptability · Civil servant · Civil servants · Civil service · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public service · Sociology · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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